chresonymy noun2 •A set of various taxa that have been published for a particular species.The unique combination of head characters and bipendulate aedeagus has resulted in considerable chresonymy and greatly broadened the geographical range of the group. — 1975 •A list of all published uses of a taxon name (usually a species name).The paleobotanical literature concerned with the western North American Tertiary record would benefit from the use of the bibliographic device of chresonymy. — 1977 formschresonymies